Activity Quote by Jesse Schell Download Open image “A game is a problem-solving activity, approached with a playful attitude” — Jesse Schell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Activity Attitude Games Problem Problem solving Sports
Game, noun: Any unserious occupation designed for the relaxation of busy people and the distraction of idle ones. It's used to take people to… — Etienne Bonnot de Condillac Copy Share Image
There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act. — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome. — Katie Salen Copy Share Image
I think games are a good medium for approaching any subject, particularly difficult ones, because by their very nature, they are abstract, invite interaction… — Brenda Brathwaite Copy Share Image
There is a vast difference between games and play. Play is played for fun, but games are deadly serious and you do not play… — Maurice Baring Copy Share Image
Play is a subset of voluntary behaviour involving a selective mechanism which reverses the usual contingencies of power so as to permit the subject… — Brian Sutton-Smith Copy Share Image
Play is this process of operating the world, of manipulating things. It's related to experimentation, and it's related to pleasure, but not defined by… — Ian Bogost Copy Share Image
A game may be as integral to a culture, as true an object of human aesthetic appreciation, as admirable a product of creativity as… — Michael Dummett Copy Share Image
“Life is full of games. Be a proactive player. Most importantly, know who is throwing at you, what and why. When you do, life… — Assegid Habtewold Copy Share Image
Play is the way that human beings learn about the world. That's how we discover how things work. — Katie Salen Copy Share Image
“When an activity is done to win, to advance, to achieve—even if it’s “fun” to do so—it’s not play. It may be a wonderful… — Bill Burnett Copy Share Image
We all know the place you're in has a big impact on how you feel. How you feel has an impact on the quality… — Jesse Schell Copy Share Image
Is it OK for Amazon to know every word of every book you've read? Are you comfortable with that? Maybe you are. Is it… — Jesse Schell Copy Share Image
“The enjoyment of problem solving seems to be an evolved survival mechanism. People who enjoy solving problems are going to solve more problems, and… — Jesse Schell Copy Share Image
The thing that all sports have in common is that they have no fantasy elements, which is a little weird. — Jesse Schell Copy Share Image
Game mechanics are the core of what a game truly is. They are the interactions and relationships that remain when all of the aesthetics,… — Jesse Schell Copy Share Image
You don't want the office to be a completely relaxing place. You want it to be a vibrant place. — Jesse Schell Copy Share Image
Everybody is playing games. There are games now for pretty much every age, every demographic. — Jesse Schell Copy Share Image
New video gaming systems are coming out that track every joint of your body. It's basically going to become a normal thing for us… — Jesse Schell Copy Share Image
A good game gives us meaningful accomplishment - clear achievement that we don't necessarily get from real life. In a game, you've beaten level… — Jesse Schell Copy Share Image
Where I grew up, learning was a collective activity. But when I got to school and tried to share learning with other students that… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
And also I think the rise of other, you could say, destinations for international jihadis mean that Pakistan isn't necessarily the place where people… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
There were books everywhere in my house. Books were very present. I just loved books. I never understood reading as anything but a pleasurable… — Lisa Lucas Copy Share Image
For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
For the longest time, neuroscientists were forced to be passive observers of brain activity. — Gero Miesenbock Copy Share Image
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity. — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
Once an activity has been socialized, it is impossible to point out, by concrete example, how men in a free market could better conduct… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
